-- Director Curtis Hanson and screenwriter Clark Gregg are teaming up for a new film that tells the true story of a small Missouri town plagued by drugs and crime. A mystery law man appears out of the blue and cleans the streets of criminal activity, but this is no ordinary law man — this is a bank security guard with a phony badge. [Deadline]

-- Keep your ear out for "The Silent Flute," an upcoming martial arts movie based on a treatment written by Bruce Lee prior to his death in 1973. Paul Maslansky of the "Police Academy" franchise is developing the picture with his son Sasha writing the new screenplay. [Variety]

-- Writer-director Robert Saitzyk intends to tell the end, my friends, of "The Doors" front man Jim Morrison's final days in an upcoming biopic, "The Last Beat." Shawn Andrews is attached to star. [The Hollywood Reporter]

-- A "Dances With Wolves" musical is in the works, offering a glimmer of hope to the millions out there still wishing for a "Waterworld" adaptation on Broadway. [Variety]